pk59 processing

[Lor]

Well, I just got back a roll of my film from the mailer. They chopped off like 30 +/- seconds from the beginning. What's the deal? Has this happenned to anyone?

[Lor]

I am sure, cause I took that roll just like two/three weeks ago. And it was the only roll that I took. When I look at the mark on the 50' reel, the film is way below the mark compared to the other rolls I had. And of course I remember what I took at the beginning of the roll.

[mattias]

> And of course I remember what I took at the beginning of the roll.

ah, but do you remember how much? it's easy to shoot 5-10 seconds and think you shot 30, and several seconds are indeed often cut off at the beginning of each roll. i know because i lost all my grayscale references and a few of the first sync slates on a short i did recently. guess that's just how they do things in switzerland, and i wouldn't be surprised if a roll spliced first in a batch could get cut even more. writing CRITICAL HEAD/TAIL/END on the cart and mailer could help, but i don't know if they would see it at all...

/matt

[mattias]

> And of course I remember what I took at the beginning of the roll.

ah, but do you remember how much? it's easy to shoot 5-10 seconds and think you shot 30, and several seconds are indeed often cut off at the beginning of each roll. i know because i lost all my grayscale references and a few of the first sync slates on a short i did recently. guess that's just how they do things in switzerland, and i wouldn't be surprised if a roll spliced first in a batch could get cut even more. writing CRITICAL HEAD/TAIL/END on the cart and mailer could help, but i don't know if they would see it at all...

/matt

[8th Man]

Lor, are you absolutely sure? Do you really only have 40 feet of film on the reel? This seems pretty out of the ordinary.